Torbjørn's Wolf Spider Costacosa torbjorni Framenau & Leung, 2013
Fauna Portal species: 227
Costacosa torbjorni female, dorsal (Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: J. Resta (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4404Diagnosis
(after Framenau & Leung 2013): Male Costacosa torbjorni differ from C. dondalei by the narrow tip of the terminal apophysis and the tip of the tegular apophysis which points apicad in relation to the cymbium. The medium septum is generally widened centrally or towards the posterior transverse part and this widening is absent in C. dondalei. The widening of the median septum of the female epigyne is sometimes very subtle and therefore some females of the species can be confused with C. dondalei.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2013): Costacosa, a new genus of wolf spider (Araneae, Lycosidae) from coastal north-west Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement. 83: 173 - 184WEB